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BJA Advance Access published online on April 19, 2004
British Journal of Anaesthesia, doi:10.1093/bja/aeh153
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Accepted December 5, 2003

Case Report

Early exploration of diplopia with magnetic resonance imaging after peribulbar anaesthesia

G. Taylor 1, J. M. Devys 2*, F. Heran 3, B. Plaud 1

1 Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild, 25-29 rue Manin, F-75019 Paris, France
2 Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild, 25-29 rue Manin, F-75019 Paris, France
3 Department of Radiology, Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild, 25-29 rue Manin, F-75019 Paris, France

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jmdevys{at}fo-rothschild.fr.


  Abstract

We report the cases of five patients who have experienced postoperative diplopia after cataract surgery under peribulbar anaesthesia and in whom orbital Magnetic Resonance Imaging was performed immediately after the diagnosis. In four patients, the imaging study showed a T2 hyper-intensity signal and swelling of one extraocular muscle that was interpreted as oedema. Therefore, these cases were most probably a result of an accidental i.m. injection of local anaesthetics. In the other patient, the imaging study revealed no abnormality.

Keywords: Keywords: anaesthetic techniques, regional, peribulbar; complications, diploplia


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